Books: social protection

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• 2008 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean - Buy now
  01 July 2009 - This edition provides evidence of the effects of an unprecedented international crisis that has cast a shadow over the global economy and is reflected in the employment situation in the region. Employment will be a challenge in 2009. As ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia stated, "The ILO's message is realistic, not alarmist" with respect to this situation.

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• Building decent societies. Rethinking the role of social security in state building - Buy now
  31 July 2009 - This book makes the case for a comprehensive social security system to be developed in all countries, including the poorest ones, in order to eliminate desperate conditions of poverty, to reverse growing inequality and to sustain economic growth. This is a co-publication with Palgrave Macmillan

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• Combining work and elder care. A challenge for now and the future - Buy now
  25 June 1996 - Includes the texts of the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156) and the Workers with Family Responsibilities Recommendation, 1981 (No. 165).

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• Good practices in social services delivery in South Eastern Europe (incl. CD-ROM) - Buy now
  27 September 2005 - Describes recent efforts to strengthen and expand social services provided at the community level. Covers restructuring of national social security schemes, social policy formulation and implementation of legislated reforms. Provides characteristics of services form selected EU countries and the experiences from countries of South Eastern Europe. ...

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• Health microinsurance schemes: Monitoring and evaluation guide. (Two-volume set) - Buy now
  21 August 2007 - This two-volume guide provides assitance for a process of monitoring and evaluating the microinsurance schemes. It provides managers a assisting tool during such process for their microinsurance schemes. It also allows stakeholders - both technical and financial - to evaluate the vialability and performance of such schemes.
• Health microinsurance schemes: Monitoring and evaluation guide. Volume 1: Methodology - Buy now
  21 August 2007 - This two-volume guide provides assitance for a process of monitoring and evaluating the microinsurance schemes. It provides managers a assisting tool during such process for their microinsurance schemes. It also allows stakeholders - both technical and financial - to evaluate the vialability and performance of such schemes.
• Health microinsurance schemes: Monitoring and evaluation guide. Volume 2: Practical indications - Buy now
  21 August 2007 - This two-volume guide provides assitance for a process of monitoring and evaluating the microinsurance schemes. It provides managers a assisting tool during such process for their microinsurance schemes. It also allows stakeholders - both technical and financial - to evaluate the vialability and performance of such schemes.
• Health micro-insurance schemes: Feasibility study guide. Two-volume set. - Buy now
  01 February 2006 - This guide will help promoters of health micro-insurance schemes to realize such a study. It will allow for the analyzation of the necessary prerequisites for the creation of such a scheme, as well as identifying the characteristics (the organisation, the services, etc.) necessary for its viability and its effectiveness. The guide is organised in two volumes. ...
• Health micro-insurance schemes: Feasibility study guide. Volume 1: Procedure - Buy now
  01 February 2006 - This guide will help promoters of health micro-insurance schemes to realize such a study. It will allow for the analyzation of the necessary prerequisites for the creation of such a scheme, as well as identifying the characteristics (the organisation, the services, etc.) necessary for its viability and its effectiveness. The guide is organised in two volumes. ...
• Health micro-insurance schemes: Feasibility study guide. Volume 2: Tools - Buy now
  01 February 2006 - This guide will help promoters of health micro-insurance schemes to realize such a study. It will allow for the analyzation of the necessary prerequisites for the creation of such a scheme, as well as identifying the characteristics (the organisation, the services, etc.) necessary for its viability and its effectiveness. The guide is organised in two volumes. ...

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• Learning from experience: A gendered approach to social protection for workers in the informal economy - Buy now
  19 September 2005 - Provides an overview of the need for social protection of women workers in the informal sector. Sketches some innovative approaches to social protection that have been undertaken by governments, community-based organizations and other non-governmental bodies; identifies gaps and priorities for future research, development programme and policy.

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• Minimum income schemes in Europe - Buy now
  14 January 2004 - Examines recent developments in minimum income schemes in some Western European countries.
• Mutual health organizations and micro-entrepreneurs’ associations. Guide - Buy now
  15 August 2001 - Shows how the need for health protection among micro-entrepreneurs can be addressed by mutual health organizations. Outlines the services provided by these organizations, describes their organization and operation and provides guidance on the establishment of such an organization by an association of micro-entrepreneurs.

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• Social protection and inclusion: Experiences and policy issues - Buy now
  18 November 2006 -
• Social protection expenditure and performance review. Slovak Republic - Buy now
  27 September 2005 - Presents a description of the social protection system in the Slovak Republic, the main trends in social protection expenditures, the coverage of the population, and the adequacy of benefits. Covers the period 1989-2001.
• Social Security Manual Vol. VI- Trainer’s guide - Buy now
  23 August 2001 - Trainers guide intended for use by those who have little or no experience as trainers. Developed to accompany a series of 5 manuals aimed at improving the knowledge and skills of social security planners and managers.
• Social security for the excluded majority: Case studies of developing countries - Buy now
  04 October 1999 - Examines various approaches to the extension of formal sector social insurance schemes to informal sector workers.
• Social Security Manual Vol. I- Social security principles - Buy now
  15 June 1998 - Serves as a manual for use in countries where social security systems are not yet operational, are undergoing change or need to be improved. Focuses on the needs of developing countries, countries in transition and countries undergoing structural change as they begin the process of setting up new systems of social protection or improving existing systems.
• Social Security Manual Vol. III- Social security financing - Buy now
  15 June 1998 -
• Shelter provision and employment generation - Buy now
  11 November 1997 -